A collection of personal thoughts and experiences - mostly centered around running.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

MMT 100

It's time for my third crack at the MMT 100 in Virginia this weekend. I ran 21:37 in '08 and 22:39 in '09 so after a three year hiatus, I'm interested to see what I'm capable of. Just like every runner, I'm hoping for a huge PR. Anything less than 21:37 will admittedly be a bit of a disappointment. Regardless of the outcome, I'm looking forward to the single-minded focus of simply running for a day on Saturday and Sunday -- a joy that I certainly do not take for granted.

Time to get my head screwed-on right . . . the most important aspect of running 100-miles (in my opinion, of course).

Enjoy some pictures from my first 100-mile experience in 2008.

The invaluable crew at Edinburgh Gap

Mongold on pacing duty

More crew -- the embarrassingly selfish part of trying to run 100-miles fast

Mongold will have pacing duties over the last 16-miles again this year (My friend Clay is also kind enough to spur me along for some miles)

Gap Creek blister service

My AWESOME wife; who will be crewing this year 6-mths pregnant (she's tough)

Adam, have a GREAT weekend! Wish I could be there with you in person, but I can guarantee that I will be glued to the computer on-and-off come Saturday morning monitoring the race. Best wishes for a fun and fast race.